Stories From The Boxcar: A Spiritual Journey
0Price range: $4.99 through $54.99Frank Varro, author of ‘Stories from the Boxcar,’ is a retired Methodist pastor, prison and hospice chaplain, missionary, teacher, counselor, and musician. He is from a three-generation family of China missionaries. This ‘Quilogy’ (five-books-in-one) is the story of his paternal Hungarian-immigrant heritage, and his maternal-missionary heritage. It relates to his father’s boyhood home-a boxcar on a siding in Regina, Saskatchewan-from which came his father’s many stories and life’s lessons, which is the theme of Dr. Varro’s book, pictures of his own life, struggles, victories, and detours along the way. The journey takes us through his international childhood in Alaska, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and five states of the U.S. He graduated from Morrison Academy, a Taiwan missionary boarding school; he also graduated from Seattle Pacific University, where he met and married Margo Moore, his accompanist-now his wife of fifty-six years. The story goes on with their own radio and TV missionary work, and teachers at Taipei American School in Taiwan; it continues with the birth of their daughter in Taiwan, and an around-the-world trip through Asia and Europe; then back to Seattle at the University of Washington-earning a Masters of Music, and Doctor of Music Arts in Choral Conducting degrees. He taught elementary, middle school, high school, and college music in Taiwan, Seattle, Oregon, Ohio, and Texas. After fifteen years as teacher and college music professor, Dr. Varro held music positions in churches, and founded two community music ensembles. Following times of spiritual struggle and renewal, he graduated from Houston Graduate School of Theology with Masters of Divinity, Masters of Arts in Counseling, and Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Counseling degrees. He trained and was Staff Counselor at Samaritan Counseling Center in Houston. He founded Varro Counseling, spending the next twenty-two years in pastoral counseling, free-lance music, prison, and retreat ministries, as an ordained minister, in first the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, then the United Methodist Church, and finally the Global Methodist Church.
The last two books outline his spiritual struggle and renewal before ordination. He and Margo are parents of Shelley, born in Taiwan; Steve, born in Oregon; and Rob, born in Ohio; they have five grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. He and Margo have lived in Houston, Texas, for thirty-nine years.
The Happiness Catcher
0Price range: $3.99 through $12.99This is a story about what makes us feel happy and holding on to that feeling every day!
I was a preschool teacher for several years, and my own children were among my students. It has shown me that at the same time, our children are learning from us, we can also learn so much from them.
Bullets of ’71: A Freedom Fighter’s Story
0$19.99Bullets of ’71: A Freedom Fighter’s Story details Dr. Nuran Nabi’s experience growing up in rural Bangladesh and living through the tumultuous episodes of the Bangladesh liberation movement and the liberation war. This is the true story of how a frail young man developed into a politically conscious student activist before transforming into a heroic freedom fighter in the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Throughout Dr. Nabi’s narrative, the untold stories of the Bangladesh Liberation War unfold. The sacrifices and heroic actions captured through Dr. Nabi’s words define more than his accomplishments, they define his entire generation. The Bangladesh Liberation War was a people’s war. Men and women, young and old, students, farmers, bureaucrats, laborers, political activists, and defected Bengali soldiers of the Pakistani military, all joined the liberation war. Bullets of ’71 is their story.
The Bangladesh liberation war was bloody. Three million people were killed, thousands of women were raped, and ten million people were forced to become refugees. However, this story transcends the events of the war. It explores the political backdrop amongst China, the United States, the Soviet Union, and India. Dr. Nabi effectively illustrates how the selfish decisions of a few world leaders led to millions of crimes perpetrated against humanity.
But among all the pages in this book, none are more candid and horrific than those that cover the atrocities committed by the Pakistani military. Although the Bangladesh genocide unfolded during the nine months of the liberation war, Dr. Nabi thoughtfully separates these stories to remind us of why he and his fellow freedom fighters fought.
Bullets of ’71: A Freedom Fighter’s Story is the most authentic account of the events that transpired in 1971 Bangladesh. It is a captivating story that captures the elements of the universal struggle for freedom.
Life Notes by a Kentucky Woman: Looking for the High Point (Volume 3)
0Price range: $4.99 through $14.99The Special Little Star
0Price range: $3.99 through $9.99“Twinkle, twinkle, little star . . .”
Look up into the sky at night. Way up in the heavens, stars shine brightly down upon you. Some are large, glistening spots, but others are small twinkling specks. The Special Little Star is a tale of one of those stars. He is a small star with big dreams. He dreams of being like the other, larger stars, of no longer being teased because he doesn’t shine as brightly. When joy and happiness enter the world in the form of a tiny baby boy, this special star may just get his wish. Tracy Filigenzi gives a new angle to the Christmas story. The Special Little Star tells the story of the Christmas star, the brightly shining star that led the Wise Men to Bethlehem and then to baby Jesus. Children will read this heartwarming tale again and again.
Secretos de un Babalao: Revelaciones de la Vida Secreta Del Mundo Del Ocultismo
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But You, Who Do You Say That I Am?: Jesus, A Friend Or An Acquaintance?
0Price range: $3.99 through $9.99Self-reflection and self-evaluation are two events that occur in every intelligible human being at a certain point in life. In assessing ourselves we look for ways to approve or improve it for a better quality of life. Often times this self-assessment would focus solely on monetary acquisitions. Living our lives to the fullest is suitable for all mankind. It’s a great objective to strive for while it’s very important to assess our spiritual life from time to time and strengthen this beautiful relationship with the Lord, Jesus Christ. This sacrificial death of Jesus happened only for one reason: To reconcile the world with the Master of the Universe. Our spiritual health depends greatly on our spiritual wealth for God is Spirit. The questions to ask yourself are the following: Can you testify about Jesus? And if so, Who do I say that He is? Amen.
Days Gone By: A Journey, In Search of the Spiritual Poems (Volume III)
0Price range: $8.99 through $14.99Discovering My Royal Heritage While Surviving in Black Skin
0Price range: $3.99 through $22.99Surviving in Black Skin is an illuminating virtual journey within the black skin of the author whose life was abruptly uprooted from his southern home in Mobile, Alabama, and transplanted onto the western coast of Los Angeles, California. The reader learns that his family’s abrupt transplantation was part of a much larger southern exodus of people in black skins in reaction to the tortuous lynching of a 14-year-old kid named Emmitt Till. It’s quite a paradox that the continued lynching’s (6500 between 1865 and 1950), like the late George Floyd, didn’t limit the murders to the South.
The consequence of the covert and overt racism Webster experienced while living through the paradox of racial integration in high school, college, the Navy, as well as his workplace, provides the reader with Webster’s vision of the institutionalized xenophobia which exploded into the Watts Rebellion of 1965. Webster introduces the reader to the launching of: Black Student Unions, the Black Panthers, the Congress of Racial Equality, and some of their leaders such as Malcolm X, Huey Newton, Stokely Carmichael, Angela Davis and the non-violent crusade of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. The author culminates these encounters by taking the reader out of the United States of America, to Africa’s Egypt only to discover his great ancestry; Pharaohs in Black Skins who were the original authors of the first written language, literally the very African birth of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The reality that an advanced civilization of people in black skins, were the authors of the civilization of Ancient Egypt has not only been dismissed, but vehemently condemned by conventional Egyptologists, archaeologists, and even the present Arabian Egyptian government.
The reader will take away from this book a better sense of “WHAT HAPPENED?” How the ancestorial history of people in black skins was literally transformed into the Greek, Jewish, and Islamic history, while “Black History” is relegated to “Slave History.” Why are the names of the great Pharaohs not mentioned in the bible. The names of nearly every prince and priest are spelled out; first, second and third cousins; first and second wives; beggars and even prostitutes are named, but the names of the most important and powerful men and women in the world at the time are not mentioned. The king lists of pharaohs who ruled the most powerful and civilized country in the world for over three-thousand years aren’t named. The leaders that provided the very blueprint for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are never named, but simply referred to as pharaoh. Could it simply be because they were in Black Skins?
The reader will eventually discover that we are all just one human race with one common heritage.
AFRICA
Inspirational Stories That Spark Our Emotions and Touch the Heart and Soul
0Price range: $3.99 through $14.99The Truth Will Set You Free: Eleven Myths Satan Uses to Deceive Man
0Price range: $9.99 through $16.95THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE
If you asked an American, “Who is the prince of this world”, most will say, Jesus Christ. However, that is not what the Bible says:
(John 12:31) “Now is the time for judgement on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.”
John 16:11) “About Judgement, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.”
Another misconception man has is the God gave him freewill in order that he could make a decision for Christ in his life. God chooses us not the other way around! (Luke 10:22) “All things have been committed to me by my father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
The above two myth mentioned above are just part of the eleven myths covered in this book: “THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE, ELEVEN MYTHS SATAN USES TO DECEIVE MAN”. These lies exposes Satan’s plan he uses to destroy man’s relationship with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
Don’t accept my words, but check them out yourself. The Apostle Paul says that you should be like the “Bereans”: (Acts 17:11) “Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the scripture every day to see if what Paul said was true.”
Satan lies and wants to take as many people to Hell with him, where he and his followers will spend eternity.
Witness
0$8.99In 2013, I wrote and published a book titled “You Have Got to Be Kidding.” in which I cataloged numerous life events that I believed to be the results of an amazing series of “good luck”. Some of these events were actually life-threatening, which I obviously survived. Example: Two of the best things that occurred in my life happened on the same day in 1961. I did not know it at the time but on that day, I joined the Marine Corps and met my future wife. That was the beginning of a seemingly endless series of events that I attributed to luck, fortune, or fate. I finally realized in 2022 that these events were in reality, instances of Divine Intercession or Intervention. I list the events chronologically and then ask the reader to decide if it was good luck or Godly Influence. I finally began to understand Christianity and am, as I say, A. Believer.
Day to Day Reflections: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, Philemon
0Price range: $3.99 through $24.99The Day-to-Day Reflections series was born from a lifetime of mentoring people to be strong in their Christian faith. They are brief studies from scripture, with present-day application for our lives as we live for Jesus in this world that is opposed to him.
Day-to-Day Reflections: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, Philemon is a devotional book taking a few verses each day and reflecting on their meaning for the reader to meditate on and assimilate into their lives. Each day includes verses, a reflection and prayer. Busy folk with busy schedules who don’t have time for a lengthy daily appointment with the Lord can meet him within these reflections and direct their thoughts to the application of the selected scriptures throughout their day.
Day-to-Day Reflections series include Day-to-Day Reflections: Psalms and Proverbs; Day-to-Day Reflections: Acts, Romans, Corinthians. Beverley is continuing her writing to include further publications: Day-to-Day Reflections: Hebrew, James, Peter, John, Jude, Revelation, and, Day-to-Day Reflections: The work and life of Jesus Christ.
Only by God’s Grace and Duct Tape: Living Life in the Danger Zone
0Price range: $3.99 through $29.50Free At Last?: The Reality Of Racism In The Church
0$10.99What is one of the most stubborn problems permeating America churches today? Racism! It divides Christian’s brothers and sisters and hinders the spreading of the gospel. Free at Last! Is a concise, in-depth study that reveals the malignancy hampering the Body and gives a biblical antidote to address this spiritual hindrance.
Where Are You?: Mandarin Edition
0Price range: $3.99 through $12.99你在哪里？
你知道吗？”你在哪里？”是圣经中最重要的问题。如果上帝问你这个问题，你会怎么回答？你当然会说：”我在这里。”他同时也在问我们的信仰。我真的不禁要问：”我们在哪里？”作为基督徒，我们的信仰有多深？当上帝问亚当这个问题时，他也想知道亚当的信仰有多深。
Personal Reflections in Praising God: Unleashing Divine Power Through Scripture
0Price range: $3.99 through $17.50Above All
0$9.99Above All is an extensive exploration and expansion of the themes found in Psalm 22. This psalm delves into the deep connection Christ had with God at his birth, the apparent betrayal he experienced during his earthly mission, and the glorious outcomes that arise from his suffering. The author skillfully combines references from both the Old Testament and New Testament along with their creative imagination to craft a narrative about God’s loving purpose for humanity, the plan for redemption from the fall, and, above all, the fulfillment of that redemption.
Above All also offers insights into the reasons behind the wicked and terrible events that occur daily in the world and provides an explanation for why God does not always intervene. The story commences by imagining the thoughts of Jesus while he is on the cross at Calvary, and it places the reader in the role of a spectator, allowing them to witness what Jesus perceives, experiences, and does, starting from his time in the Garden of Gethsemane to the following three days after his crucifixion.
Tattered Edges
0Price range: $3.99 through $11.99As early as six, I began to emulate the essance of a boy trying to mimick my brother standing to pee; failing miserably. At twelve, an older neighborhood boy tried to rape me; all I knew, at this point, was no man would ever control me. Continuing in my tom-boy ways, my mother was appalled. The year that followed, puberty struck, remaining to be the most tragic day of my life. However, my athletic ability was revealed that summer during a softball game when I heard, “You should be playing on the other field with the boys!” My naked reflection in the mirror became problematic. My male alter-ego emerged. I bound my chest, changed my name, and headed to Southern California. I didn’t hate life or who I was, only what I was. This was just the begining, so hold on tight.
The Return: Christ Has Died, Christ Is Risen, Christ Will Come Again
0Price range: $17.00 through $24.50Issue Driven Life: Don’t Let Idiots Ruin Your Day
0Price range: $3.99 through $9.99There are factors that orchestrate our behavior, our choices, and ultimately our destiny. These factors very often go unseen and undetected and yet they push and drive us without our conscious permission. The individuals that make up our personal community are also subject to this dynamic. The Bible uses a notion to define our circle “Two will not be together unless they agree” (paraphrased).
This book will give insight into the driving elements that not only create the character and purposes of the people around us; it will also explain why we are friendly or associated with those in our lives.
Are you sure that the people we socialize with, date, and marry are the people who presented themselves? What you see is not always what you get. Some people have unspoken agendas and their behaviors are telling us something.
Revealed in this writing is the how and why we stumble into the minefields of relational horrors.
Author’s website: elvinezekiel.com/Iifecoach
A Deeper Anthology: The Heart, The Soul, The Being (Volume 1)
0Price range: $4.99 through $9.99I currently reside in Texas where I have established my home and lead a solitary life. I am a 28-year survivor of HIV which I contracted through a blood transfusion while serving in the military in 1983, following an oral surgery procedure. In my retirement, I have dedicated my time to fishing, engaging in home improvement projects, and pursuing my long-standing passion for writing songs and poems which I have honed over a period of 35 years.
As an individual imbued with a strong sense of spirit, I believe that all of us possess an innate potential for compassion, albeit to varying degrees. Through my poetry, I seek to convey this inherent quality to those who may not be fully aware of it, but who need gentle reminders that they too are capable of empathy. I trust that my literary works will bring peace of mind and awareness to individuals navigating the stresses of our fast-paced, ephemeral existence, and provide solace by imbuing hope for a better tomorrow, informed by my personal experiences. Ultimately, my objective is to leave behind a brief legacy that inspires others to connect with their humanity and the compassion that resides within them.
